I had rather hoped that WG would implement a learning curve in their tech trees, such that a player would have to progress up the chain from the lighter, more insignificant ships to the great battlewagons, but that isn't the plan. It will have to be taught, and teaching in game may hurt feelings as well as win%. I'd like to propose some kind of official or semi-official, or heck, any kind, of training academy for players, because most of this won't be learnable by intuition and trial and error.
To be successful in a fleet one must often do things which conflict with personal gain and/or survival: for example, destroyers intercepting torpedoes intended for the heavier ships. I've spent some time reading the history of naval warfare and playing various nautical wargames, and it is abundantly clear that most shooters and MMO's will not have prepared players for team-based naval combat.
